#E9F261#E9F261

#E9F261 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.817; OKLCH L 92.7% C 0.166 H 112.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 17.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#E9F261
RGB	rgb(233, 242, 97)
HSL	hsl(64, 85%, 66%)
HSV	hsv(64, 60%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.7%, 0%, 59.9%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(92.44, -21.28, 66.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(92.44, 70.26, 107.63°)
OKLab	oklab(92.75% -0.0636 0.1533)
OKLCH	oklch(92.75% 0.166 112.5)
XYZ	xyz(67.5158, 81.6924, 23.5185)
Luminance	0.8169 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#E9F261 #6A61F2

analogous

#F2B361 #E9F261 #A1F261

triadic

#E9F261 #61E9F2 #F261E9

tetradic

#E9F261 #61F2B3 #6A61F2 #F261A1

square

#E9F261 #61F2B3 #6A61F2 #F261A1

split-complementary

#E9F261 #61A1F2 #B361F2

monochromatic

#BDC810 #E1ED28 #E9F261 #F1F79A #F9FBD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.21

#E9F261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

17.34

#E9F261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #E9F261

17.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##E9F261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##E9F261	1.00	1.21	17.34	17.34
#FFFFFF	1.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	17.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	17.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#FFE850

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#FFEB6A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#F7E5D3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#E9E9E9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #e9f261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(233, 242, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(92.7% 0.166 112.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#f3f694',
    500: '#e9f261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #e9f261;
$custom-light: #f3f694;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#e9f261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 233,
    "g": 242,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.724,
    "s": 84.795,
    "l": 66.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.92747,
    "c": 0.16596,
    "h": 112.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.81691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#E9F261

secondary

#3B32C5

accent

#04E112

background

#FFFFFC

surface

#FFFEF5

border

#D7D6CF

text

#17170D

muted

#85857F

Preview Lab

Preview with #E9F261

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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